GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
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